If you want something done right you have to do it yourself—right? It’s something that the inner-perfectionist in us all has thought at one time or another. On a personal level that can often be true, but when you think of a larger scale—say like in the self storage industry—that is typically not the case at all. [More]

Businesses come and businesses go. When businesses go, they often leave behind an empty building. In some cases, owners of those empty buildings still have to pay taxes on their commercial property. Such was the case when the former Blaushild Chevrolet dealership on Chagrin Boulevard in Shaker Heights, Ohio, moved out. Property owner, Debra Pando, still had to pay about $60,000 in property taxes. [More]

A decade ago there would not be as many people as there are now that support the acquisition of self storage facilities as a smart investment. Fast forward to the present and that has all changed. Over the last few years the self storage industry has become one of the most reliable investments that there is! [More]

There are two things that businesses—self storage and otherwise—are always trying to reduce. They want their customer attrition rate to be lower (or non-existent) and their expenses. One significant cost that every business would like to reduce is their energy bill. What better way to do that than to install solar panels? [More]

Are you looking to get into the self storage industry? Are you thinking of expanding your portfolio and purchasing another facility or two? Here are 9 tips that you should take into consideration before making that purchase. [More]